Eddie Redmayne
Movie Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
"Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" has moments of fun, whimsy and emotion, but they're too often lost as the Potterverse mythology keeps expanding.
Movie Review: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Over half a century has passed since the events portrayed in the outstanding courtroom drama from Netflix, The Trial of the Chicago 7, took place and, given the current politically charged times, our relationship with authority and authoritarian rule hasn’t gotten any less prickly. When first envisioned, the protest accompanying the Democratic National Convention in 1968, was intended to be a peac...[Read More]
Movie Review: Les Misérables
Since its debut in 1980, Les Misérables, the musical based on the 1862 French novel of the same title by Victor Hugo, has become a true phenomenon of the stage. And like many fans of Les Mis, as it’s colloquially known, I wondered if the long-rumored movie adaptation would ever emerge from the depths of development hell. In March 2011, it was announced that Tom Hooper, director of Red Dust (...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Les Miserables Lets Us Hear the People Sing
With so many people going to the movies during the summer, it’s a great time for the studios to start putting out trailers for their big fall and winter films, in order to start building awareness. Such is the case with the subject of this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column, the first teaser for the long-awaited movie adaptation of the award-winning musical Les Misérables. Premise: F...[Read More]
Movie Review: My Week with Marilyn
Arriving at England’s Shepperton Studios in the summer of 1956, Marilyn Monroe is at the height of her star power and notorious for her unreliable nature on film sets. She is there to play an unchallenging, bubbly role for the great actor/director Laurence Olivier in his production The Sleeping Prince. Tellingly, the movie will arrive in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl in order to play up Mari...[Read More]